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As I write this, there's a continuous glucose monitoring sensor attached to my left arm. The little iPod-style receiver sits nearby on my desk, taking in blood sugar readings every few minutes and displaying those numbers on its color screen.
What if I could have that same minute-by-minute sensor implanted under my skin, where it could do its work without needing to be changed out for full year or more?
That's the dream a number…

Well, we've all made it through another year!
Amazing that it's almost time to turn the page on 2013 and move into 2014... With about a week left, we are about 98% sure we can say that all the big diabetes news of this year has probably materialized already.
There have been some exciting steps forward on long-awaited product developments, from FDA filings to approvals that the Diabetes Community has been anticipating. Not to mention…

We've said before that the diabetes device market in Europe is like looking into a crystal ball, foreshadowing what may be coming soon to the United States. But that isn't always the case, as not everything that our fellow D-peeps have overseas makes its way to us.
So we were excited to hear from D-Blogger Don Weintraub, a Detroit, MI, native who now lives in Tel Aviv, Israel, and has been using the Abbott Freestyle…

What if (finally?) you could wear an insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor (CGM), and the two connected to your body in only one place, with no need for two separate infusion sites?
Sounds pretty appealing, doesn't it?
Well, research on this long-awaited dream is of course ongoing and incremental, but the good news is there are at least six players actively pursuing it -- including three in the Big Pharma sphere. We've kept our…

When it comes to using diabetes technology like insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors, we need all the help we can get — because figuring out the nitty-gritty of fine-tuning our basal rates, using advanced features like dual wave boluses, and troublshooting sick days and time zones ain't easy.
We've previously brought you reviews of such fine works as Pumping Insulin and Beyond Fingersticks (by the 'Mine's own Wil Dubois!), and today we're introducing a…